POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 213, 5 September 1912, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cntten, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. One first offender was fined 5/, and mother forfeited hail. Sidney Forrest vras fined 10/, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. A COSTT.Y KNOCK. ■Tames Pelly, a 'burly seo-wmaster, was Sharped with having assaulted a native named Albert Williams in the corridor leading to the Wiiitemnta billiard room, rhe native said that while he was standing in the corridor yesterday evening talking to some friends Pelly came behind him, -took him by the shoulders, rushed him out of the door, and when he turned round at. the door hit Mm a heavy bio* on the nose. A constable said that the native came to him Weeding at the nose, and complained of the assault. Pelly said that tlip native spat in hi,« face and was then •rushed down the •passage. "I didn't hit him at all," accused continued. "If I had hit him a clout he would not have been— he would have had a mark this morning," which remark seemed quite likely to be true if accused's hitting power "were at all commensurate with his immense bodily proportions. The Magistrate, however, evidently thought it ipro'baihlp that the native had not got quite all that was intended for him, and Pelly was convicted and fined £2 and 17/ costs, in default seven days' imprisonment. WATERED MILK. Thomas Colgan. a Xorthcote milkvendor, admitted that on .nth August he Bold milk containing more water than is permitted under the Sole of Foods and Drugs Act. He said that he was not well that particular morning, and hie boys grit the cr.wn in and attended to the milking. They could not find two of the cows, and the elder boy made up the deficiency in the stock of milk caused by the non-contribution of the two milkers by putting water in the supply. Accused was fined £5 and costs. William McFetridge was charged tha* on 21st -July be sold milk containing more water than is permitted by the Act. The Health Department inspector stated that. a sample of the milk taken from accused* cart on its round contained 15 per cent. of waiter. Mt. Stillinp (instructed by Mr. Singer), who appeared for awiwd. asked the inspector if he knew oi any ri>.cnilation permitting any percentage .it all of water in milk, and the witness stated that be had no knowledge of any such re<nilfltion. Mr. Stcllins then raised the technical point, that the oa.se had been brought in a co'.irile of day? before the summons was legally returnable This point b-eintr upheld, the cbaTge t>-8s» struck ■out. but » charge hnd'been laid agains-t Samuei U'le son of the previous accused, who hurl beeji vending the milk from which the simple was taken by the inspector. The vonnjj man entered a plea of '"guilty."' end stated that the milk from wtaMi the sample was taken had consisted of milk from his father's dairy mixed with milk purchased from a man named C'olsur, who had ' ' been fined for adulterating milK. .Accused said that he himself had put no water in the' milk. H» was fined £10 and 176 "costs. George Hnnnan, for selling milk conWining a small percentile of water, was fined £5 and 17/6 costs. MISCELLANEOUS. Francis Mendonca, but.l*r on the s.?. Apnrimn, for having in hi* posses-ion a little le?« t'fan 1 Jib. "f iinvustoim-d cigars and lib. of uncustomed tobacco, valued at IS', w-»s fined 4">' and 7/ cost*. Robert Anders-nn. for boarding a tramcar while it wa* iji motion, was fined 10/) end 7/ costs.